Symphonic Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Pablo Heras-Casado
Sabine Devieilhe - Ravel, Moussorgski
To leave after this concert
- Taxi G7
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 — 8:30pm
Thursday, 25 March 2021 — 8:30pm
Program
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
L'Enfant et les sortilèges (extraits)
Modeste Moussorgski / Maurice Ravel
Tableaux d'une exposition
Distribution
- Orchestre de Paris
- Pablo Heras-Casado, conducting
- Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
This programme dedicated to Maurice Ravel, one of the great French orchestra composers, focuses on transcription—a decisive practice in the life of musical works.
As proven by his illustrious Bolero, Ravel was a master of combining timbres and continuously adapted for orchestra numerous scores initially written for piano. One such example is Alborada del gracioso, the fourth movement of Mirrors, whose lively vivacity delivered through bright and ironic sounds brings the jester of Spanish comedies to life. Filled with modal harmonies and delicate melisma, his Greek Folk Songs also migrate towards the orchestra, while The Child and the Magic Spells to a libretto by Colette showcases unusual timbres such as the whip, rattle, luthéal and wind instrument.
An exceptional orchestrator, Ravel often created his own version of the music of others: his rightly famous version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, composed for piano, articulates the Russian master’s idea so exquisitely as to sometimes surpass the original.
As proven by his illustrious Bolero, Ravel was a master of combining timbres and continuously adapted for orchestra numerous scores initially written for piano. One such example is Alborada del gracioso, the fourth movement of Mirrors, whose lively vivacity delivered through bright and ironic sounds brings the jester of Spanish comedies to life. Filled with modal harmonies and delicate melisma, his Greek Folk Songs also migrate towards the orchestra, while The Child and the Magic Spells to a libretto by Colette showcases unusual timbres such as the whip, rattle, luthéal and wind instrument.
An exceptional orchestrator, Ravel often created his own version of the music of others: his rightly famous version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, composed for piano, articulates the Russian master’s idea so exquisitely as to sometimes surpass the original.
media
Maurice Ravel : Alborada del gracioso - Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala de Milan, Toulouse, Daniel Barenboim (direction)
Maurice Ravel : L'enfant et les sortilèges - Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (direction)
Modeste Moussorgski : Tableaux d'une exposition - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (direction)